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Artist, Oral Historian, and Activist
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Mason J. gave a Visiting Writer Reading at the Arts Research Center in April 2022, part of the Spring 2022 Flash Reading Series.
Mason J. is an Artist, Oral Historian, and Activist, inspired by life as a born raised, and displaced Black and Indigenous San Francisco Local, Sick/Disabled Queer Two-Spirit, and Land Use advocate. Their photographs, poetry, dance, and social commentary have been published in many a zine, at various festivals, all around the internet, and in print. After receiving the inaugural James C. Hormel Center Fellowship from 2017–2019 they did historical preservation research with various institutions to ensure Queer SF archives are documented and preserved. Mason is set to release their first chapbook Crossbones on My Life (Nomadic Press, 2021) and currently serves as Program Manager for RADAR Productions.
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